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An American couple’s food and wine tour in Burgundy thrills Arlene Harris

Arlene Harris

September 10 2017, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

A stay at Cromey involves ‘real’ wine tastingsJOHN APARICIO

Glass in hand on the softly lit terrace, listening to a distant owl hooting as the sun sets red behind rolling hills, I begin to understand why my hosts abandoned the American dream three decades ago to create a life for themselves in this rural French idyll. I am well and truly under a Burgundian spell.

Originally from Maryland, chef Eleanor Garvin and wine merchant Dennis Sherman left the States in 1983 with one-way tickets and a “naive” intention of gaining some gastronomic expertise in Europe. After their first taste of France, the couple decided to stay.

Immersing themselves in the local way of life, Garvin, author of At Home in Burgundy: the Papillon Recipes, and Sherman, who is also a dab hand in the…

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